The only story, a novel by Julian Barnes. First sentence: 'Would you rather love the more, and suffer the more; or love the less, and suffer the less?'
The tragic development of an unusual, uninhibited relationship between a 19-year old boy and a 48-year old woman.

'Ellebogen' (Elbows) is the debut novel by German Fatma Aydemir (on the right): a portrayal of young Turkish-German girls, who have nothing but their friendship in a world in which their parents are traditional Turkish, and the Berlin white people hostile and agressive towards these longing girls.

Alan Hollinghursts new novel "The Sparsholt affair". The intimate relationships of a group of friends bound together by art, literature and love across several generations in England.
Secret homosexual liaisons lead to a huge scandal in political London in the early ‘80s, provoked by one of them, the charismatic David Sparsholt.
His son follows a bisexual path throughout his life, like his father did from 1940 till his death..

Illustration for daily newspaper NRC-Handelsblad, section Book Reviews. 'Grime' by Wytske Versteeg (portrayed on the right-hand side) tells the story of a girl whose fear for and believe in the evil spirit Slenderman (or Grime) drives her insane.